Chapter 896 On the Road to Exile 24
Chu Yu's eyes lit up. If there were such a high-yield crop, would he still have to worry about the soldiers on the front lines not having enough to eat?
"Eat quickly, and I'll take you to see the seeds after you finish."
"good."
There was clearly a large amount of food on the table, but the three of them ate their fill of cold noodles and barely touched the other dishes.
After the meal, Ning Yan had someone take Chu Lin to wash his hands and change his clothes. She then led Chu Lin into the inner room and dismissed the servants.
Chu Yu's heart was pounding, and his mind was filled with all sorts of random thoughts. He thought Aunt Ning was just making excuses to be alone with him.
As a result, the next second, a jade bracelet suddenly appeared on Aunt Ning's hand.
"Aunt Ning..." Where did this bracelet come from?
The bracelet was naturally manifested by Ning Yan herself after she severed the spiritual connection with it.
Ning Yan picked up the needles from the basket on the table. "Come here."
Chu Yu obediently stepped forward, knowing that Aunt Ning wouldn't harm him, and would do whatever she asked.
Ning Yan pulled Chu Yu's hand over and pricked his fingertip. Blood immediately gushed out, and Ning Yan immediately pressed his finger onto the jade bracelet.
Chu Yu's eyes widened instantly, because the jade bracelet was drinking his blood!
"Aunt Ning!"
"It's nothing, just a few drops of blood."
Seeing that the jade bracelet was no longer absorbing blood, Ning Yan let go of her hand, and the jade bracelet disappeared the next second.
"If you want to go in, you can go in."
Chu Yu glanced at Ning Yan, and the next second he pulled her hand and entered the space.
"Aunt Ning, where is this?"
Ning Yan pulled Chu Yu to the warehouse. "This is the bracelet space. It can collect things and also grow things. You can also take out what you grow."
"I previously stored the national treasury's contents in my spatial storage. Now that you are the Crown Prince of the Gan Kingdom, these things are entrusted to you. Make good use of them to benefit the people of the Gan Dynasty."
The impact of depleting the entire national treasury is enormous. The Western Ling Kingdom was already eyeing them covetously, and her own father was a general resisting the Western Ling Kingdom. If the national treasury couldn't provide military pay and provisions, even her father's job would be difficult.
In addition, due to the theft of the national treasury and the change of dynasties, many forces rebelled, and silver and grain were needed to redress the grievances.
Ning Yan herself is not short of gold and silver, so this planting space would be a waste in her hands, so she simply gave it to Chu Yu.
As for Chu Haoxuan, their friendship wasn't that close, and she trusted Chu Yu more than her father.
Chu Yu looked at Aunt Ning with starry eyes. He was certain that Aunt Ning was not his fourth aunt!
Only immortals possess such magical things. Aunt Ning is an immortal who descended to save her and her child. Only an immortal would be willing to entrust such a magical thing to her!
Why doesn't Ning Yan give this treasure to someone else?
Therefore, she must have feelings for him!
"Look, these are the old emperor's private treasury, and these are the things from the Duke of Cheng'en's family. You can keep them for people to enjoy later."
The people from the Chengen Duke's mansion are all gone, so they don't have to worry about their belongings being recognized when they're taken out.
"And these are the things I took when I went back to the mansion to pack up my dowry. I also took your mother's and your grandmother's things. Find an opportunity to return them to your mother. As for your grandmother's things, you can decide what to do with them."
After inspecting the warehouse, Ning Yan took him outside. "The growing cycle in these areas is much shorter than outside. You can't grow them yourself, so you can bring in some prisoners or slaves to grow them."
I've checked this space; it's an upgradeable space. It can be upgraded once you've grown a certain amount of grain.
This shabby space doesn't have any black soil or other special properties. Apart from the quick harvest, it's no different from the grains outside and has no special effects.
Chu Yu suddenly gripped Ning Yan's hand tightly. "Aunt Ning, do you also care about me? Otherwise, why wouldn't you give such a good thing to Lin Ge'er, but instead give it to me?"
Ning Yan pulled her hand back. "What nonsense are you talking about? You're just a little kid, yet you think so much!"
I took care of you, and even gave you the bracelet space, all in the hope that Lin Ge and I could live better lives after our divorce from your fourth uncle.
I trust you more than your father.
"Oh, right, I've given you all this silver. If I ever run out of money in the future, remember to reward me handsomely!"
With this space, Chu Yu could make a fortune just from high-yield crops. Asking him for some money wouldn't be a problem, right?
The smile on Chu Yu's face disappeared. In Aunt Ning's eyes, he was just a little kid.
"Aunt Ning, I'm just young, not stupid! Fourth Uncle doesn't know how good you are to me, no, it has nothing to do with him!"
There is some connection.
You think that since you were Uncle Si's wife before, it would be bad for your reputation if you married me again.
But by then you will be the Crown Princess, and in the future the Empress. Even if others have opinions, who would dare to gossip in front of us?
Moreover, the Northern Liang Kingdom has a custom of succession where the son succeeds the father and the younger brother succeeds the elder brother, even the royal family follows this custom. You had a normal divorce from your fourth uncle, so why can't you marry me?"
Ning Yan's voice was somewhat stern: "Stop talking nonsense. You yourself said that's Northern Liang, while we are the Great Qian Dynasty of Eastern Ling Kingdom. If you dare to propose to marry me as the Crown Princess, it won't be long before you can no longer be the Crown Prince!"
"Alright, take me out of here. If we stay too long, Lin'er will definitely come looking for us."
Chu Yu thought to himself, "Then let's just not go out. Anyway, Father has another son. If Zheng'er becomes emperor, he will surely be just as good."
However, it would be too reckless of him to do that, and Aunt Ning would definitely be even less able to accept him!
So he listened to Ning Yan's words and led the people out of the space.
His first words after coming out were, "Don't worry, Aunt Ning, I won't tell Father about the space." He wouldn't even tell Mother.
This is a secret that belongs only to the two of them.
He won't return his mother's dowry either, otherwise there's no way to explain it.
If they have children in the future, they will pass this jade bracelet down as a family heirloom of the Chu family.
Ning Yan nodded. "Those high-yield grain seeds are all in the warehouse. You just need to find suitable people to plant them in the fields."
There's one more thing I need you to investigate.
"Aunt Ning, please speak."
"Do you remember what Ye Dehai said when we passed through Zhangzishan?"
Chu Yu clenched his fists instantly. In his dream, he died at Zhangzi Mountain. How could he not remember?
"At the time, he said to leave all the female relatives behind. Have you ever thought about why a bandit would kidnap a convict?"
And why insist on having all the women stay behind?
It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because once it was brought up, Chu Yu instantly recalled some details from his dream.
In the dream, after her father ascended the throne, the Chu family was brought back to the capital, and her mother was made empress. However, not long after, rumors spread in the capital that her mother had lost her chastity on the way to exile.
Coincidentally, not long after my mother was sealed off, the Jiangnan region suffered from floods, Longxi experienced an earthquake, and a meteorite fell from the sky...
After that, the father became estranged from the mother, then he participated in a talent show, and later, the mother and younger sister passed away one after the other...
"Aunt Ning, are you saying that those people came because of Mother?!"
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